For pastors and church leaders
Most churches have no recovery ministry. Yours can change that.
People in your church are already carrying addiction. Ready Now gives your church a proven, Christ-centered way to walk with them without hiring staff or building a program from scratch.
A Christ-centered way to help
Christ-centered recovery you can point a family to with confidence.
Refer with confidence
Residential centers across the U.S. and Canada, with trusted contacts who can help your church guide families toward lasting recovery.
You can begin with what you have
One trained lay leader and a room is genuinely enough to begin.
Resources built for churches
Training and materials built from decades of pastoral experience.
How it Works
Start a recovery ministry with a clear 30-day launch plan.
No new building, no clinical license, no full-time hire. One committed leader, a small group room, and curriculum that has already been proven in churches like yours.
Week 1
Assess where your church actually is
A short readiness assessment tells you which of the three tiers fits your size, staffing, and appetite — so you start with something you can sustain.
Weeks 1-2
Name one leader and train them
Ministry Institute training equips a lay leader to guide the group well, understand key pastoral boundaries, and know when to refer someone for additional care.
Weeks 3-4
Open the group and tell your church
Announcement copy, a sermon outline, and invite cards come in the kit. Most churches see their first attenders the week it's announced.
Ongoing
Stay connected to a center for the hard cases
When someone needs residential care, your church has a trusted next step. A regional center can receive the referral and stay connected pastorally along the way.
Ways to Partner
Start where you can actually commit.
Churches move up tiers over time. Nobody has ever been penalized for starting small.
Tier 1 • Refer
Be ready with a trusted referral
A named contact at your regional center, referral scripts for your staff, and a family-care one-pager. No program to run.
- Direct referral line
- Staff response scripts
- Quarterly check-in call
Tier 2 • Train
Run a Ready Now group in your church
Everything in Refer, plus leader training and the full small-group curriculum for a weekly group you host yourselves.
- Leader training
- Full small-group curriculum
- Launch and announcement kit
Tier 3 • Sponsor
Sponsor beds and become a sending church
Everything in Train, plus sponsored placements for members who need residential care and a standing partnership with your center.
- Sponsored bed commitments
- Graduate hiring and mentorship pipeline
- Annual leadership summit seats
“We assumed we needed a counselor on payroll before we could touch this. What we needed was one trained volunteer, a curriculum, and a phone number for the weeks that got real.”
Pastor David Reyes · Grace Fellowship
A Free Guide from ATC
The Church Leader's Recovery Ministry Guide
What to say, where your line is, and how to refer.
Everything you'd need to bring this to your elders next month — sized for a church your size, with the pastoral and legal questions answered up front.
- Church readiness assessment
- 30-day launch plan with weekly owners
- Sermon outline and announcement copy
- Referral and confidentiality guardrails
Someone in your church is waiting on this decision.
Start with the kit. Read it with one other leader. Decide in a month.
